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Lieut Richard Lee Roth

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Lieut Richard Lee Roth

Birth
Henry County, Iowa, USA
Death
10 Sep 1952 (aged 21)
South Korea
Burial
Lockridge, Jefferson County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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21-year old Marine Corps Second Lieutenant R. E. Roth was one of six naval aviators, of one flight, killed when his F9F Panther jet slammed into a fog-covered mountain near Airfield K-3 (Pohang), South Korea.

2nd Lt. Roth was the son of Mr. & Mrs. Frank L. Roth, Lockridge, Iowa.

Burial Source: The Mt. Pleasant News, Mt. Pleasant, IA, Friday Evening, Jan. 9, 1953, p. 1, Col. 7, "Plan Military Rites Monday For Lt. Richard Roth".

Thanks to contributor mokennehan (#47119719) for the burial information.
21-year old Marine Corps Second Lieutenant R. E. Roth was one of six naval aviators, of one flight, killed when his F9F Panther jet slammed into a fog-covered mountain near Airfield K-3 (Pohang), South Korea.

2nd Lt. Roth was the son of Mr. & Mrs. Frank L. Roth, Lockridge, Iowa.

Burial Source: The Mt. Pleasant News, Mt. Pleasant, IA, Friday Evening, Jan. 9, 1953, p. 1, Col. 7, "Plan Military Rites Monday For Lt. Richard Roth".

Thanks to contributor mokennehan (#47119719) for the burial information.

Gravesite Details

Interment scheduled for 12 JAN 1953.



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